Latinnews Daily - 15 January 2007

BRAZIL: The consumer price index (IPCA), the country's official inflation rate, rose 3.14% in 2006, the lowest level since 1998.

CHILE: The central bank cut the lending rate on 11 January to 5%.

COLOMBIA: Colombia exported 1.174M 60-kg sacks of coffee in December 2006 versus 1.177M sacks in December 2005.

COLOMBIA: State energy company Ecopetrol exported US$3.3bn worth of crude oil in 2006.

GUATEMALA: Coffee exports fell 21.35% year-on-year in December to 142,285 60-kg bags

MEXICO: Fixed investment rose 13.7% year-on-year in October and was up 0.96% in seasonally adjusted terms from September.